Drama

Bartleby, the Scrivener

by Herman Melville Read by Bob Neufeld 4.6
Bartleby, the Scrivener is a thought-provoking novella that explores the complexities of human behavior and the nature of work through the e…

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A mysterious young widow arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son. She lives…

Far From The Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy Read by Tadhg 4.8
Far From The Madding Crowd is Hardy's fourth novel. It centres on the lives of five characters: Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba Everdene, Mr Boldwood…

The Small House at Allington

by Anthony Trollope Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Fifth novel in the Barsetshire series, The Small House at Allington is largely focused on the Small House's inhabitants, Mrs. Dale and her t…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.7
One of the greatest English tragic novels, TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES (1891) is the story of a “pure woman” who is victimized both by convent…

Diana

by Susan Warner Read by Bridget Gaige 4.8
Diana Starling is the beautiful and quiet daughter of a cold and mentally abusive mother. She falls in love with Evan Nolton, but her mother…

Mrs. Dalloway

by Virginia Woolf Read by Hannah Dormor 4.7
Clarissa Dalloway is having a party. Join her and a web of connections in exploring London, their memories and their innermost thoughts and …

The Death of Ivan Ilyitch

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Laurie Anne Walden 4.7
The Death of Ivan Ilyitch is the story of a socially ambitious middle-aged judge who contracts an unexplained and untreatable illness. As I…

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel is about orphaned Mary Lennox, who is sent to live with her uncle at Misslethwaite Manor …

John Marchmont's Legacy

by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Read by Cate Barratt 4.6
Like Wuthering Heights, the center of this story is a dramatic love triangle, the setting is a huge English manor. Olivia Marchmont has alwa…

Orley Farm

by Anthony Trollope Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 4.5
Orley Farm is Trollope at his best (as good as the Barsetshire series), which means some of the best characterizations in the English langua…

Simon the Jester

by William John Locke Read by Simon Evers 4.7
Simon de Gex, a wealthy and successful MP, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides to use his last few months using his wealth and …

A Pair of Blue Eyes

by Thomas Hardy Read by Tadhg 4.6
The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen …

CBS Radio Workshop

by CBS Radio Workshop 4.7
CBS Radio Workshop was a revival of the Columbia Workshop of the late thirties. All 86 episodes survive today. The series aired from January…

Scenes of Clerical Life

by George Eliot Read by Bruce Pirie 4.8
Scenes of Clerical Life, which appeared in book form in 1858 (after serial publication in the previous year), was the first published fictio…

Agnes Grey

by Anne Brontë Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Agnes Grey is the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn money to care for herself, she takes one o…

Ethan Frome

by Edith Wharton Read by Bob Neufeld 4.7
Ethan Frome is a poignant exploration of unfulfilled dreams and the harsh realities of life in a small New England town. Set in the fictiona…

The White Linen Nurse

by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Read by MaryAnn 4.4
Throughout three years of school, Rae Malgregor had been perfectly pliant, perfectly compliant to all the demands placed on her. But now, o…

What Maisie Knew

by Henry James Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.1
What Maisie Knew is a poignant exploration of childhood innocence amidst the turmoil of adult relationships. When young Maisie Farange is ca…

The Blithedale Romance

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by Jacquerie 4.4
The Blithedale Romance is the story of four principal characters who work with -- and sometimes against -- each other on Blithedale, a commu…

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